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Norman Mailer dead at age 84

Norman Mailer :: R.I.P. By RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press Writer Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country’s literary conscience and provocateur with such books as “The Naked and the Dead” and “The Executioner’s Song” died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84. Mailer died of acute […]

SOUNDCHECK :: DAN HEALY

SOUNDCHECK :: DAN HEALY by Paul Liberatore MARIN IJ FOR ONE reason or another, there won’t be a member of the band at the first major university conference on the legacy of the Grateful Dead. But Woodacre’s Dan Healy is the next best thing. “Someone asked me why we didn’t have a band member,” says […]

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Wingnuttiest Blog Post Contest

Mr. Drum in Washington ALL-TIME WINGNUTTIEST BLOG POST CONTEST While the rest of the blogosphere concerns itself with the worthy task of choosing the all-time best blog posts, I’m keeping my focus where it belongs: on the all-time worst blog posts. And thanks to help from my commenters, plus commenters over at FDL and John […]

War protests: Why no coverage?

October 30, 2007 Newspapers have a duty to inform citizens about such democratic events. By Jerry Lanson   Boston Coordinated antiwar protests in at least 11 American cities this weekend raised anew an interesting question about the nature of news coverage: Are the media ignoring rallies against the Iraq war because of their low turnout […]